Music Reviews
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (Song)
Magical Mystery Tour is the title track of a record released by The Beatles. This song is the starting track on the album and it’s actually a pretty good representation of what’s going to follow. The track opens up in a very energetic fashion and actually features an extremely …
Bob Marley - Legend
This is the best reggae album ever created in my opinion. It features all of the best songs from singing legend and reggae king Bob Marley. There isn’t a person on this planet who hadn’t heard of this guy by now, even after his tragic death many years ago, …
“Thank God It’s Friday” (1996): R. Kelly
R. Kelly
“Thank God It’s Friday”
R. Kelly
Jive/Zomba Recordings
Director: Hype Williams
“Thank God It’s Friday” is the third single and music video from his self-titled second solo album, “R. Kelly”; it follows “You Remind Me of Something” and “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”. Considering the previous success of “Down Low (Nobody …
Stay by Sugarland
Stay by Sugarland is a song that is sad because it talks about how this guy is playing two women at once. He is married but he has this other woman as his lover. The song mainly talks about how his lover wants him for herself and she doesn’t …
The Rolling Stones - Too Much Blood (Song)
Too Much Blood is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Undercover. The track opens up with a distinct drum rhythm along with a steady bass line and even a brass section as well. Thus far the track has a very funk like feel to …
Bob Dylan - This Wheel’s On Fire (Song)
This Wheel’s On Fire is a song by Bob Dylan And The Band which appears on an album of unreleased songs, The Basement Tapes. The song opens up with a pretty simple guitar part before a piano and drums come in to join the track which makes the song …
The Mighty Rio Grande, song by This Will Destroy You
I have always been the kind of person who admires music. Not only is it an art, it finds a way into your soul. Music is able to be related to and in the moment when you find a certain song, you feel like you are no longer alone …
The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa
Overview - Aoxomoxoa, the third album by The Grateful Dead, goes back more to traditional song structure and a lot further away from the experimental side they meddled with on Anthem Of The Sun, however you can still hear some pretty experimental sides on certain tracks. Also, the songs …
Jim Jones: “Harlem’s P.O.M.E.”cd
For those who are unaware who Jim Jones is, he is an executive at Diplomat Records as well as an artist who performs along with Cam’ron and Juelz Santana also known as The Diplomats. Is third cd which is titled “Hustler’s P.O.M.E.” and features the smash hit “We Fly …
311 - Don’t Tread on Me
311 is an alternative rock band that I think they are so unique and interesting. The genre that they play is not just alternative rock like the other band but also bring some reggae dance color in the music. Its make the song so atrractive and different from the …
Lorenzo Jovanotti A Te
Lorenzo Jovanotti is an Italian singer, he is very popular in his country but even outside of it.
This song won the Italian national contest of San Remo 2008 and it is a really beautiful song. Lorenzo is the author of most of his song so most of his songs …
Opeth Ghost Reveries CD
Literally shocking the Death Metal scene, in 2005 Opeth signed to American Metal label Roadrunner and released “Ghost Reveries”, a masterpiece that transcends all of their previous albums.
Many were reluctant about Opeth leaving European label Koch and signing to an American “mainstream” label, stating that the band had sold …
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions — Bruce Springsteen
In 2006, Bruce Springsteen released We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, an outstanding collection of traditional songs either written by Pete Seeger or recorded by him early in his career. This CD of traditional folk songs and spirituals, with the combination of Springsteen, an wonderful group of supporting musicians, …
Bob Dylan - Man Of Constant Sorrow (Song)
Man Of Constant Sorrow is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan for his self-titled debut record. The track starts off with an acoustic guitar pattern primarily in the right channel of the song and Dylan’s vocals to the track primarily in the left channel. Dylan still …
JYJ The Beginning album
Released in October 2010, the South Korean trio JYJ’s long-awaited all-English was met with explosive power, receiving a total of more than 520,000 preorders. I was one them, and one of the lucky ones to get a copy of the Limited Edition (only 99,999 in the world), which contains …
The Best Damn Thing by Avril Lavinge
The Best Damn Thing by Avril Lavinge is about how this girl believes she is the best damn thing a guy has ever seen. IT talks about how the guy makes her look bad some times but I don’t think she understands that guys do not try to make …
Ratdog
I have been listening to Bob Weir for 29 years now and he still amazes me; i just really, really, like his guitar playing. Although he is by no means the greatest of all guitar players, he is by far one of the greats. In my opinion he has …
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Over the years, Michael Jackson was become more well-known for his eccentricities than for his music.
However, if there was ever a time when his self-proclaimed ‘King of Pop’ status was justified, the Thriller era was it. Jackson’s 1982 album release ‘Thriller’ was one of the largest commercial successes …
Megadeth - Out On The Tiles (Song)
Out On The Tiles is a cover performed by Megadeth which appears as a bonus track for their record United Abominations. The cover is a song initially done by Led Zeppelin so it’ll be interesting to see how Megadeth interpret the song. The track starts off with that familiar …
Led Zeppelin The Complete Studio Recordings Box Set
This is it, unlike the last couple Led Zeppelin set this one has single every Led Zeppelin studio album in a convenient box set, 10 cd’s and 9 albums, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III Zoso (Led Zeppelin IV), Houses Of The Holy, Presence, Physical Graffiti, In …
Bob Dylan - Freight Train Blues (Song)
Freight Train Blues is a song performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his self-titled debut record. The track opens up with a fairly hectic harmonica section and I will say right away that compared to other songs on Dylan’s debut album, Freight Train Blues has a bit more …
Death Magnetic by Metallica
I must precede this by noting that I have loved every Metallica album all the way up to Reload. I am not one of the people who thinks Metallica lost their magic after the black album. While a departure from their original style, “Load” and “Reload” were …
When you kiss me - Shania Twain
When you Kiss Me was sung by Shania Twain,she is a great singer and very talented woman.A Canadian singer-songwriter, known for her prolific work.When you Kiss Me is one of her song that I liked best.More of a country song that suits every generation.I really love this song, not …
Lauren Wood’s Fallen Single
I must have listened to Lauren Wood’s Fallen single a million times since the movie Pretty Woman introduced me to it, and in my opinion it is peerless. Wood is an American singer-songwriter who began her career in the late —˜70s, formed a band, and shot to fame …
Bob Dylan - Ninety Miles An Hour, Down A Dead End Street (Song)
Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) is a cover performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Down In The Groove. The track opens up with Dylan starting the vocals right away with a notable piano behind him and the tempo having the tempo of …
The Colour And The Shape
The Foo Fighters came about when the grunge band Nirvana ceased to be due to Kurt Cobain’s untimely death. I have always loved the Foo Fighters and the relationship to Nirvana has absolutely no bearing on my opinion of this cool band. I have seen them in concert as …
Coast To Coast by The Scorpions
A Great instrumental song by the german hard rock band The Scorpions is the track Coast To Coast off of the album Lovedrive. I really like this instrumental, I even got to see it live and it is the one track where a third guitar is played by the …
My Friend - Groove Armada
Like the band’s name Groove Armada, their song sounds groove too. Like this song ‘My friend’, it’s not a new song from them, but I really like it, because whenever I listen it sounds new for me.
The song sounds easy listening, it can calm down your mind when …
“Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone”
“Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone
Performer: Cinderella
I can officially add “Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone” performed by Cinderella as my favorite take me back song. As I was listening to “Nobody’s Fool”, there was a sidebar of other videos posted by users; I kept …
Gold Digger by Kanye West & Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx did a great job imitating Ray Charles in “Gold Digger”. Kanye came up with some very creative rhymes and the beat was awesome.
The song was very well writting, warning men against gold diggers - women who leech off men for money.
He told the tale of a man …
We Are the Night by The Chemical Brothers
We Are the Night by The Chemical Brothers has a good cover CD. There are 2 palms facing side by side on the cover CD and the bluish coloring design is so gorgeous. And this CD has some nice songs too. If you love The Chemical Romance, …
India.Arie Testimony: Vol.2 Love & Politics
As a fan of India.Arie I was excited to hear what she had come up with in her latest cd. I am glad to say that I was not disappointed. The first listen a couple of songs stood out:
Track#9-Yellow, Track#10-Better Way and Track#12-Long Goodbye.
In her song Yellow, …
Move Shake Drop (song by Pitbull, feat. DJ Laz and Flo Rida)
I am not sure how many of you are familiar with the the song “Satisfaction” by Benny Benassi. But the connection it has with the song I am writing about is the background music!
I first heard Move Shake Drop by Pitbull feat. DJ Laz and Flo Rida on television. …
Metallica - Sad But True (Music Video)
Overview —“ Sad But True, yet another music video released in promotion for Metallica’s Black Album pretty much follows the same trend of the music video for Wherever I May Roam as it’s made up of live clips of the band performing during their Nowhere Else To Roam tour. …
Boyfriend Number 2 by Pleasure P
I’ve been listening to Pleasure P’s Boyfriend Number 2 on YouTube for a while now and it has been my favorite song of his. I’m not a go out and buy posters type of girl, but I do like listening to Pleasure P’s music and I was even more …
Complete Me Deluxe Edition Album by FrankMusik
I’ve been a fan since I first heard Frankmusik’s break-out single “3 little words” at Last.fm. I couldn’t get enough of Frankmusik’s eclectic light and heady out-of-this-world pop melodies. There was so much anticipation for this album, his first one yet. It’s just too much auditory …
Deftones White Pony
White Pony is the Deftones third album produced with Terry Date and The Deftones, it is my favorite Deftones album, I’ve listened to it so much I have retired the thing on an indefinite hiatus, I’ve heard it so many times, I don’t need to be playing the album …
CD KISS LOVE GUN
LOVE GUN
Another “live in studio” effort that would be the album KISS’ tour would revolve around on the band’s first excursion into Japan.
Classics such as LOVE GUN and CHRISTINE SiXTEEN are side by side underrated gems such as PLASTER CASTER and one of Peter Criss’ WORST songs ever HOOLIGAN. …
‘Thinking Of You” by Katy Perry
This my favorite Katy Perry’s song. And she wrote it! She is so talented and amazing. I didn’t thought she could write a very good song like this. Now I know she’s really a talented woman.
Thinking Of You is for all the girls who lost their boyfriends, either died …
The Beatles - Sun King (Song)
Sun King is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Abbey Road. The track opens up with a clean guitar riff which has a very nice melodic feel to it as the other instruments gradually join in to create a very calming and mellow atmosphere. The …
The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia
The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia is sung by Reba McEntire. It is a song about a jealous husband. Only before he gets the chance to kill his cheating wife his little sister does it for him. He gets blamed and hung before any real investigating can …
MGMT - Hot Love Drama (Song)
Hot Love Drama is a song by MGMT which appears on their debut record, Climbing To New Lows. If you read my review on MGMT’s previous track, Money To Burn, then you’ll have seen that my main complaint against that track was that it felt like it lacked energy, …
Katy Perry - I kissed a girl
Katy perry is a new comer in music industry but I think her song is good and most people like it. This song, I kissed a girl is a funny song. The genre of this song is pop. The lyrics is tell about the girl who kissed a girl …
Tool Salival
Salival was a limited edition CD/DVD or CD/VHS set that is now somewhat difficult to find. The set was released in 2000 by the band Tool featuring 5 live tracks, a cover of Led Zeppelin’s No Quarter, A Message To Harry Manback II, and track 8 LAMC, with a …
Motley Crue Greatest Hits
When I was younger, I used to love to listen to the group Motley Crue (something that actually came as a surprise to my wife). So, when I saw their Greatest Hits CD on sale at Shopko, I had to buy it.
So far, I’m happy with my purchase. While …
Muse - I Belong To You (Song)
I Belong To You is a song by Muse which appears on their most recent studio effort, The Resistance. This track starts off with a distinctive piano riff followed by the drums and Matt Bellamy’s vocals joining in singing the verse in a pretty melodic manner which goes pretty …
He Didn’t Have to Be by Brad Paisley
When I think about all the single mothers in the world, I begin to think about my own mother. After she left my father, it was just me and my sisters and her living in this apartment that I can remember like it was yesterday. I was too young …
The Verve: This Is Music The Singles 92 - 98
I love The Verve. They’re sound is similar to that of Oasis, very haunting and thought provoking. This is their greatest hits album. I don’t own many of their singles, hence why I decided to buy this album. The album is simply amazing. The standout track for me is …
Jab We Met Album
This film is directed by Imtiyaz Ali and music has been composed by preetam the cast includes Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapur in the leads. This album has a youth appeal and most of the songs are young, peppy and energetic mauja he mauja is sung by mika singh …
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